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President Donald Trump 'joked that Mike Pence wants to hang all gay people

The New Yorker primarily reported the so-called comments and highlight doubts many LGBTQ councelors have about Vice President Mike Pence.

USA Vice President Mike Pence, promulgated on Monday in The New Yorker, Jane Mayer reported on a meeting among an unnamed legal scholar, President Donald Trump and Pence in which Trump joked that Pence "wants to hang" gay people.

During the meeting with the legal scholar, Mayer reported Trump "belittled Pence's determination to overturn Roe v. Wade" after the scholar said many states would likely legalize abortion if the Supreme Court were to rule against it.

When the conversation shifted to gay rights, Trump allegedly motioned to Pence and joked, "Don't ask that guy — he wants to hang them all!"